Parrish Avenue Bridge

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Parrish Avenue Bridge
Carries	Two lanes of County Road 42
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Elk River, Minnesota
Maintained by	Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number	86515
Design	Concrete girder bridge
Longest span	112 feet
Total length	450 feet
Width	46 feet
Clearance below	13.8 feet
AADT	7200
Opening date	1985
Coordinates	45°18′06″N, 93°33′56″W

The Parrish Avenue Bridge is a concrete girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Otsego, Minnesota and Elk River, Minnesota. It was built in 1985 and was designed by Toltz, King, Duval and Anderson.

The previous bridge in this location, built in 1906, was designed by C.A.P. Turner's engineering firm. Since it could not be determined that C.A.P. Turner himself had designed the bridge, however, the old bridge was not saved or included on the National Register of Historic Places. Despite the historic nature of the old bridge, it had deteriorated to the point where it had to be demolished in 1984.

[edit] See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

[edit] References

• Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4. 

Bridges of the Mississippi River Upstream Highway 25 Bridge Parrish Avenue Bridge Downstream Betty Adkins Bridge